Can the morphology of deep-sea benthic foraminifera reveal what caused their extinction during the mid-Pleistocene Climate Transition?

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 104, Issue , 2013, Pages 53-70

  Mancin, Nicoletta ^a   Hayward, Bruce W ^b   Trattenero, I ^a,c   Cobianchi, Miriam ^a   Lupi, Claudia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b Geomarine Research   (New Zealand)

^c ENI S P A   (Italy)

Author keywords

Deep sea benthic foraminifera; Functional morphology; Last Global Extinction; Mid Pleistocene climate transition; Reticulofenestrids

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEEP-SEA BENTHOS; EXTINCTION; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOSSIL RECORD; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EID: 84885063770     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2013.09.004     Document Type: Article

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